Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



WILLIAM W. GBEENER, 011 BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

IMPROV EMENT m BRlI-IECH-LQAING FlRE-ARMS.

Specificalsion forming part of Letters Patent N0. B.6.328, dated 0otober5,1875; application filed June 3, 1874.

T0 all whom 1't mag; concem:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WELLING- TON GREENER, 0f Birmingham,England, have invented Improvements in Breech-Loading Gans, Rifies. andPistols, 0f which the fol- 10wing i s a. specification:

My invention refers 130 the descrip'tion 0f breeeh-loading guns known esthe Lefaucheux 01 drop-down principleg and consists in an improvedmethod 0f securing the bal*rels' to the aetion.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a. partia.l seetionalview of tl1el11ve0h-210ti011, Wit-h the banel mised for l0adiug, witl1 the side view0f the extended rib A, a-11d top holt G, and bottom holt. J in position.Fig. 2 represents 21 top view 0f the breeelnact-ion closed, with the topholt C and bobto1n holt J in position, as shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3represents a. back view. Fig. 4 represents 21 side -"*a.nd top view 0fthe ieer, with long pin and canns E a.nd H, which engage witl1 the topholt O and bottom holt; J. Fig. 5 represents side and top views of tl1eholt O. Fig 6 rep- IGSGIJtside and top views of holt J.

Ehe manner 0f carrying my invention into eft'ect is as follows: -I makean extended rib projecting beyond the breech end of .the barrels A, Fig.l, and fixed between the barrels, shuting int0 the false breeeh B, Fig'.l, when closed. I make a cross-bolt t0 work half through. the falsebreech ab the top. The point of seid holt engages in 21 round holethrough the extended rib, effectually preVenting the barrels from rising011 the springing back of the standing breech at the moment of firing,G, Fig. 2. I work the seid holt by a. 1ever on the top, over the stmp 0fthe breakoft D, Fig. 2. I make a hole in the stra.p of the false breech,in which I insert a tumbler 01 cam, E, Fig. 3. The cra.nl of seidtumbler projects thro1igh the.t1op 0fi;he stpg 1p of break- 130111 holtJ, Fig..6.

0ff, upon which I fix a. thumb-lever, D, Figs. 2 and 4, working overtl1e strap 0f tl1e false breech, 211111 I also use a. sear-spring, F,acting 011 the tumbler t0 make it self-locking. The t0p holt; iscombined wibh tl1e bottom holt, the sarne lever being used 110 effect. Imake a. long pin, G, Figs. 1 a-nd 4, extending from the strap 0t'brea.k-otf down L0 tl1e trigger-plate, and fixed close 130 tl1e back oftl1e standing breeeh, tl1e top end 0f the pin projecting through thestrap 0f break-off, the bottom end through ehe trigger-plate, Figs. 1and 3. I make a projection 01'0211n, E, Fig. 4, nea-1 the top of theseid pin ab the'firont, whieh engages in tl1e t opbolt O,Fig. 5. (Shownin position in Fig. 2.) I also make another projection 01 cam, H, Fig.4, 0n the seid pin ab the side, which engeges in a s1ot in tb e botlhetop 0f seid pin is fitted to the lever, working 0n the strap 0f falsebreec-h by moving tl1e lev-er to the rigl1t-. The cross-bolt O is withdrawn towa.rd tl1e left, and the bottom holt. J is drawn backward by 1;hesame moti on of the lever, disengaging t1he barrels f0r loading. 1 useEhe 01- dinary snap,double and single bottom holt; y

also, a double holt 0f im proved. sha.pe, J, Fig. 6, Which is theordinary d0uble holt, with a eombination 0f the slot 011 the left side,whieh gives 21 longer bite both 011 the end g 1nd side Of the lump.

Heving 110W described my invention, Wh11t'. I clairn a5 new, am] desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

Tl1e co'mbination of the leverl) 2ynd shal't G, having arms E H, withthe bolts O J, EIS deseribed.

WILLIAM WELLINGTON GREENER.

- -Witnesses:

J B. GOULD, J. BRAME.

